Surface condenser.



PATENTED APR. 9, 1907.

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SURFACE CONDENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Application filed February '7, 1907. Serial No. 356,280.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, CONs'rAN'rIN N. TATAR- NICOFF, a citizen of Russia, residing at Yonkers, in the county of IVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Surface Condensers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to condensers for exhaust-steam in marine service; but I do not confine my invention to this particular use.

The object of the invention is to provide a condenser of compact form, sectional, so that any portion may be cut out of use or the purpose of repair without stopping the other sections and necessitating stoppage of the englnes.

In the accompanying three sheets of drawings, which form a part of this application, Figure 1' is a side view of a surface condenser embodying my invention. 2 is aplan View of the condenser. Fig. 3 is a front view of the condenser, with one water-chamber left open and the lower valvechambers broken away, on the line III III of Fi 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line IV fit of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section along the line V V of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the feed-water heater. Fig. 7 is a front view, dth end plate removed.

. My surface condenser, as illustrated, consists of a main rectangular tubular body A, formed of riveted sheet-metal sides a a with perforated heads I) I), united thereto through flanges c c. The main body, is divided into four chambers by vertical bulkheads d d,

which are riveted to the sheet-metal body at the top and bottom sides. In the middle of the body there are a series of transverse perforated plates 6 c, which are inserted to brace the sides of the body against crushing by the pressure of the atmosphere. These plates do not reach to the top or the bottom of the body, since these sides of the body are suffioiently braced by the bulkheads. Metal tubes f f, preferably of brass, pass through the tubular body of the condenser, their ends being secured in the perforated beads by packing-collars g g. A box B, which is divided into eight compartments, is built up on the perforated head at one end, and a b C, dixided into four compartments,

up on the perforated head at the Covers h hclose each of the sey of the boxes B C. Valves with rectangular inlets for admitting and cutting off the influx and efflux of water are provided for each of the eight chambers of the box B. The inlets are covered by segmental valves D D, and the outlets are covered by segmental valves E E. The valves are operated by means of levers i t for the purpose of turning on or isolating any section of the condenser for the influx of cooling-water or for inspection and repair. The two levers on each side operate thetwo adj OlIllIlP valves through two rock-shafts 1' 7c, one of which shafts passes through the other shaft. Each valve is provided with a hub Z Z with an oblong slot, in which the squared end of its shaft engages.

By reason of the slots being oblong the valves may be pushed against their seats by 1 means of screws "m m without straining the rockshafts. Four valvesF of ordinar;

for each chamber of the condenser, are placed on top of the body of the condenser and riveted thereto. The end valve-chambers are valves, which are set in one body, and through this body connection is made with a feedwater heater G. There are also valves H H of smaller size, one at the bottom of each of the chambers of the condenser. These valves connect to a pipe n, from which water pump. Connection is also made by pipes 0 0 to the air-pump convenient y through the chambers of the end valves underneath the condenser to lead off any water condensed from steam in the feed-water heater.

The body of the feed-we ter heater is formed of sheet-brass, riveted in oval form,

' yp the admission of exhaust-steam, onei connected with the chamber for the middle and air is led from the condenser to the airbetween the feed-water heater and the pipe &

with chambered heads p p,whicl-. are co open. The water condensed from the steam leaves the chambers at the bottomthrough the four lower valves and is conducted to the air-pump. It is returned to the lmilpr s from 5 the air-pump through the Red-water heater, 1

the chambers, and tubes through-the chamentering one of thechambered heads at the flanged opening Z, passing through the tubes, and leaving the other head at the flanged opening it.

bers of the condenser, or into the lower sets &

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The cold wattr for cooling the j 1o condenser, usually salt water in marine serv- E r 5 of the tubes of such of the chambers as have i the valves therefor open,thence along these tubes up at the box at the other end, back through the upper sets of tubes into the upper valve-boxes, through the upper valves, and 20 out at the flanged opening an.

I do not wish to limit myself to the specific arrangement of connections of the condenser herein set forth, and it is obvious that many other modifications in details may be 2 5 made without departing from the spirit of my inventior l i l stantially as described.

2. A. surface condenser comprising a series of chambers in a unitary body portion, separate inlet and outlet valves for each of the chambers, heads with corresponding sets of chambers at the ends of the body )ortion, tubes connecting each of the sets oi chambers of the heads through the corresponding chambers of the body portion, and separate inlet and outlet valves tor each of the sets of chambers, substantially as described.

Signed by me at Yonkers, New York, this 2d (lay of February, 1907.

CON STANTIN N. TA'lA RNICOFF. 

